SBC Long Distance LLC is a

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telephone company owned by

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that does business as AT&T Long Distance. SBC Long Distance competes with other long-distance providers who provide service within some of the

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service boundaries of

. SBC Long Distance is a separate subsidiary than

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, the incumbent long-distance carrier for most of the country acquired in the SBC merger with AT&T. SBC Long Distance started in 1996 as Southwestern Bell Communications Services, Inc., created as a result of the

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which allowed the

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to compete for telephone service. In 2002, SWB Long Distance was renamed SBC Long Distance, as part of SBC's brand unification among its companies. In 2005, SBC purchased

, and changed its name to AT&T. On April 1, 2006, SBC Long Distance began

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AT&T Long Distance. SBC Long Distance provides competitive long-distance service within the

regions of

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, and

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. SBC Long Distance does not provide service for

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customers, who are served by BellSouth Long Distance, nor does it provide service to SNET customers, who are served by

SNET America SNET America, Inc. is a long-distance telephone company owned by Frontier Communications that serves Connecticut with customers in other states. It competes to provide long-distance service for SNET customers. SNET America was formed by Southern ...

. SBC did not maintain an actual long-distance network and instead relies on a smaller telecommunications company,

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, to provide service. SBC initially created the agreement with Level 3 Communications predecessor company Williams Communication in 1999 and soon begin to provide long-distance service to SBC's wireless subsidiary Cellular One/SBC Wireless and Ameritech Cellular, until SBC long Distance became fully developed.

Future

On June 15, 2005, SBC and Wiltel (new name of Williams Communications) announced an agreement on altering the two companies’ agreement. In this new agreement, Wiltel will help SBC transition off its network to the soon to be acquired AT&T's legacy networks.Court Docket on SBC/Wiltel agreement amendend
/ref> It is still uncertain if AT&T expects to incorporate SBC Long Distance into

, a complete long-distance operator. Since AT&T Long Distance provides only CSM/Billing and may only need to tap into AT&T Communications network resources.

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AT&T Long Distance
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sbc Long Distance AT&T subsidiaries Companies based in San Antonio

Future

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